Becoming a Bodhisattva- Developing the wish to train in the 6 perfections

Many people have the compassionate wish to benefit others, but few understand how to accomplish this effectively in daily life. Bodhisattvas are friends of the world who have such strong compassion they’re able to transform all of their daily activities into a means to benefit others. In this course we will learn the meaning of the Bodhisattva’s way of life and how to practice it in the modern world. This includes an explanation and meditation on the 6 perfections, the practice of giving, moral discipline, patience, effort, concentration and wisdom.

Future Classes:

Feb 17 The practice of giving

Feb 24 The practice of guarding the mind

The meditation we teach at our classes comes originally from the Buddha and has been practised for over 2600 years. In that time the world has changed immeasurably but what hasn’t changed is our search for happiness and contentment in life. Despite the benefits of living in the 21st century we still encounter difficulties, hardship, dissatisfaction and unhappiness.

This on-going series of classes will go step by step through all the extraordinary methods Buddha taught for working with our mind, developing a good heart, understanding our reality and discovering how we can profoundly transform it.

This is a precious opportunity to receive commentary to the 21 Lamrim meditations which are in ‘The New Meditation Handbook’. This class will also include the first part of Heart Jewel Prayers to enable people to become familiar with preparing the best conditions for gaining deep experience of Lamrim meditation practice.

These classes are suitable for anyone wishing to develop a regular meditation practice.

Teacher

Susan Tait has been studying and teaching Buddhist meditation for many years and presents the teachings in a very practical way.

CLASS FORMAT

Guided breathing meditation

Practical teaching

Heart Jewel Prayers

Second guided meditation based on the teaching

SUGGESTED COURSE MATERIAL

We will be going through the meditations in the ‘New Meditation Handbook’.

This book is available as a paperback, Ebook and audio book a here.

We will be using Heart Jewel Prayers, you can order the booklet and Ebookle here.